Genesis 2:1 (BSB)
Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
From Genesis 2. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Genesis 2:1
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 2:1: 1. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished The three verses at the commencement of this chapter evidently belong to the first, being a summing up of the preceding history of the creation, and an account of the sabbatical institution on the seventh day. The remark of Dathe is, “Male capita hoc loco sunt divisa. Tres versus priores ad primum caput sunt referendi.” — Ed.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 2:1-3: We have here, I. The settlement of the kingdom of nature, in God's resting from the work of creation, Gen 2:1, Gen 2:2. Here observe, 1. The creatures made both in heaven and earth are the hosts or armies of them, which denotes them to be numerous, but marshalled, disciplined, and under command. How great is the sum of them! And yet every one knows and keeps his place.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 2:1: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,.... Perfected and completed in the space of six days, gradually, successively, in the manner before related; by the word and power of God they were on the first day created out of nothing, but they were not perfected, beautified, and adorned, and filled, until all the creatures in the were made: and all the host them, of...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Genesis 2:1: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (a) That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth.